Seeing the Soul of an Iceberg
Capturing icebergs in portraits has become somewhat of a love affair for Camille Seaman. She doesn’t merely view icebergs as huge hunks of ice, as some do, but rather as living, breathing personalities.
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Beautiful Colorful Botanicals
Kenneth Greene has spent the past 35 years doing photographic studies in contrasts, lines, colors and glimpses of life in a moment of time. When Kenneth photographs people, he captures a feeling for that one moment that really matters in their lives. He may not know what happened just prior to the photo, and he…
DetailsLondon – A Town for Art Lovers
London – A Town for Art Lovers Each year visitors from all over the world travel to London to see Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Covent Garden, The
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Thomas Eakins – America’s Master of Realism Painter
New Pattern Set for SegPlayPC recently released (see more details here) Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter who is best known for his realistic depictions of the male body. Eakins’s quest for realism led him to study anatomy and apply his research to creating works with dark lighting and realistic depictions. He endured…
DetailsGarden Art Knows No Limits
For Pearl Fryar, art doesn’t merely exist in the form of oil paints on a canvas or chalk pastels on paper, but it exists in a most unusual place: His garden.
DetailsSmithsonian Declares Video Games Works of Art
Video games are being acknowledged as an art form. The Smithsonian American Art Museum is so convinced of this that it is currently hosting an exhibit called “The Art of Video Games”.
DetailsTravel Like an Artist
For an artist, Sansepolcro, Italy might be considered heaven on earth. Why? Because it was the birthplace and hometown of Piero della Francesca, painter of the Resurrection.
DetailsArt Making from Unconventional Objects
Contemporary artists are constantly stretching the boundaries of art by using unconventional materials to craft their artwork. Way back when, “true art” consisted of things like realistic oil paintings and finely carved marble statues. These days, even things you find in your kitchen, office or trash bin can be turned into respectable art. Perhaps it…
DetailsDid you ever wonder about How Works of Art Become Famous?
Have you ever wondered why certain works of art are so famous? For instance, why does the Mona Lisa enjoy celebrity status, even though there have been scores of other well-painted portraits throughout history? Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is currently known as the most famous painting in the world, but in previous centuries, it…
DetailsArt and Science – A Genius Combination
Art is beginning to be integrated into science-based programs, such as engineering. Whereas engineering has traditionally been studied alone, now universities
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Do Colors Change What is Beautiful
What is beautiful? The term is a bit subjective, don’t you think? After all, isn’t beauty in the eye of the beholder?
It most certainly is, but one undeniable quality about color is its ability to make all things beautiful!
DetailsThe Beauty of Abstract Art
Art Abstract art has a unique beauty that is often overlooked or forgotten due to the unrealistic nature of it. Before the mid-nineteenth Century most Western
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